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Information economics

the possibility that online connectivity lets people sort into narrow like-minded communities, fragmenting rather than integrating knowledge and interaction.

In information economics, cyber-balkanization refers to the possibility that online connectivity lets people sort into narrow like-minded communities, fragmenting rather than integrating knowledge and interaction. This meaning comes from Van Alstyne (2005) in Management Science.[1]

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References

Van Alstyne, M., & Brynjolfsson, E. (2005). Global Village or Cyber-Balkans? Modeling and Measuring the Integration of Electronic Communities. Management Science, 51(6), 851-868. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1050.0363

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